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Hungary's Parliament not only voted to ban Pride events. They also voted to "allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them," reports the Guardian. [The nationwide legislation] amends the country's law on assembly to make it an offence to hold ...

Any law that shits on your rights will eventually be used by fascists.

And yet there are still countries pushing for ChatControl / encryption bans in Europe.

  • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Disgusting. At least, it seems that their (ie Fidesz-KDNP, Jobbik, and Our Homeland Movement MPs: Péter Balassa and Imre Ritter [1]) public support is dropping [2].

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    References
    1. Type: Article (Wiki). Title: “2025 Hungarian Pride ban”. Publisher: “Wikipedia”. Published: 2025-03-22T18:25Z. Accessed: 2025-03-24T02:11Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Hungarian_Pride_ban.
      • §“Amendments to the law”. ¶3.

        On March 18, the Parliament voted in favor of the amendment by 136 votes in favor (Fidesz-KDNP, Jobbik, and Our Homeland Movement MPs; Péter Balassa and Imre Ritter) and 27 votes against. […]

    2. Type: Article (Wiki). Title: “Opinion polling for the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election”. Publisher: “Wikipedia”. Published: 2025-03-21T08:45Z. Accessed: 2025-03-24T02:19Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Hungarian_parliamentary_election.
      • §“Party polling”. §“Graphical summary”.